Warren Commission (08 of 26): Hearings Vol. VIII (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (08 of 26): Hearings Vol. VIII (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Miss MURRET. No.
Mr. LIEBELER. Did it seem extraordinary to you that he had been able to
obtain money from the State Department or whomever he obtained it from
to return to the United States?
Miss MURRET. Extraordinary in the fact that I didn't know how he could
get out with a Russian wife and baby, whose uncle was in the military,
and an uncle--I don't know what he was at the time--but I thought he
was affiliated with the military, but I have read something since then
that the father was with the intelligence service. But then I didn't
really think too much that--well, your first reaction, but then you
don't think too much about that after because he had to go through the
Embassy. So you figure that it was one of two things, he either really
realized that he wanted to live here again, or they let him out for a
purpose. And if they did, then they would certainly be trailing him.
Mr. LIEBELER. Did it occur to you that he might be an agent of the
Soviet Union?
Miss MURRET. At first; yes.
Mr. LIEBELER. You mean when you first----
Miss MURRET. The first reaction.
Mr. LIEBELER. You mean when you first----
Miss MURRET. Well, the fact that he got out.
Mr. LIEBELER. But when you say "at first," you don't mean at first,
after the assassination? You mean at first, after you saw him?
Miss MURRET. After he came out.
Mr. LIEBELER. And you didn't really think about that too much until he
came here in 1963, or had you considered it prior to that time?
Miss MURRET. We didn't know he was out.
Mr. LIEBELER. Until he came here?
Miss MURRET. Right.
Mr. LIEBELER. You didn't know he was back from Russia at all?
Miss MURRET. He just telephoned mother and my mother said, "I didn't
even know you were back." And he said, "I have been back for--I don't
know--probably a year."
Mr. LIEBELER. Did you have any discussions with your mother or anybody
else in your family about the possibility that Oswald might be a
Russian agent?
Miss MURRET. As I said, I dispelled that immediately because I thought,
well, if he was, they would certainly be trailing him. So, I mean you
can't go around with suspicion like that, or, I mean certainly the
American Embassy should know what is going on. So, if that were the
case, well, they would be on his trail. And, if not, well, he was
definitely sincere. I mean, you don't try to antagonize or constantly
throw up past mistakes, in case he, you know----
Mr. LIEBELER. So you considered the question briefly and dismissed it
for the reasons you state?
Miss MURRET. Yes; but just the first reaction would be, how did he get
out?
Mr. LIEBELER. And, as you have stated, the reason for your thinking of
the question in the first place was because of the apparent ease with
which he was able to leave the Soviet Union with a Russian wife?
Miss MURRET. Yes.
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